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==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
Pulmonary - symptoms include coughing, | Pulmonary - symptoms include coughing, signs of an asthma exacerbation, and in elderly or immunocompromised patients can even cause respiratory failure<br /> | ||
GI - vomiting, diarrhea, in neonates it is thought to possibly even cause [[Necrotizing enterocolitis]] | GI - vomiting, diarrhea, in neonates it is thought to possibly even cause [[Necrotizing enterocolitis]]<br /> | ||
HEENT - otalgia, coryza, rhinorrhea, sneezing | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 16:13, 31 August 2016
Background
Coronaviruses are enveloped, positive-stranded RNA viruses that commonly cause up to one-third of upper respiratory tract infections in adults and children. Coronaviruses are also thought to cause diarrhea in infants and children.
Clinical Features
Pulmonary - symptoms include coughing, signs of an asthma exacerbation, and in elderly or immunocompromised patients can even cause respiratory failure
GI - vomiting, diarrhea, in neonates it is thought to possibly even cause Necrotizing enterocolitis
HEENT - otalgia, coryza, rhinorrhea, sneezing
Differential Diagnosis
Evaluation
Management
There is currently no recommended treatment for corona virus infections other than supportive care. During the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak, several antiviral agents were created, but their efficacy was never clearly established.